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Arabesque (classical music)
An arabesque is a type of music which uses melodies to create the atmosphere of Arabic architecture. The term and themes are borrowed from the art term arabesque, rather than stemming from Arabic
Notable arabesques#
The most well-known are Claude Debussy’s Deux Arabesques, composed in 1888 and 1891, respectively. Other composers who have written arabesques include: * Claude Debussy: Two Arabesques (1891), L.66 * Marin Marais: L’arabesque (1717), appears in the soundtrack of the film Tous les Matins du Monde * Robert Schumann: Arabeske in C, Op. 18 (1839) * Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806–1874): Op. 100 (1852) * Hans von Bülow: Arabesques sur un thême de l’opéra Rigoletto (1853) * Moritz Moszkowski: Opp. 15/2 (1877), 61 (1899), 95/4 and 96/5 (1920) * Enrique Granados: Arabesca, Op. 31, H. 142 (1890) * Cécile Chaminade: Opp. 61 (1892) and 92 (1898) * Anton Arensky: Op. 67 (1903) * Adolf Schulz-Evler: Op. 12 Arabesques on “An der schönen blauen Donau” (1904) * Edward MacDowell (1889–1890) 12 Etudes, Op. 39, Arabesque no'4. * Louis Vierne: Arabesque, Op. 31/15 (1913–4) * Jean Sibelius: Arabesque, Op. 76/9 (1914) * Leo Ornstein: 9 Arabesques, Op. 42 (1921) * Bohuslav Martinů: Seven Arabesques for cello and piano (1931) * Edward Joseph Collins: Arabesque for violin and piano (1933) * William Kroll: Arabesque for violin and piano (1945) and for orchestra * Harold Budd: Arabesque 1, 2 & 3 (2005) * Samuel Hazo: Arabesque (2008) * Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Arabeske no.1 in G flat major Op.5 ‘Filigran’ * Nikolai Medtner: 3 Arabesques, Op. 7 (1901–04)
See also#
*Arabesque (Turkish music)